419 scam: SONIA KRUGER <"make."@olive.ocn.ne.jp> PLEASE HELP

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- krugersonia@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SONIA KRUGER <"make."@olive.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: SONIA KRUGER <krugersonia@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 12:18:18 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PLEASE HELP

Hello,

I am Miss Sonia Kruger, from (KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa, I am contacting you because I need your help in management of some amount that my father left for me before he died.

My father was a very successful business man, he was into timber plantations and exportation business but was poisoned due to envy by his brothers, who are my uncles that were assisting him in his business, now they are after my life and that is why I had to escape by sea to Benin where I presently reside.

Please I want you to stand as my guardian, help me to receive and invest the money in your country and as well assist me secure papers that will enable me come over to your country immediately for continuation of my education and investing of the money according to your advise since I am only 17 years without mother or father.

Please indicate if you are interested in taking me along because my present situation here is critically frustrating.

I will be waiting for your response via krugersonia@yahoo.com and please kindly let me know if you are not willing so that I can continue searching.

Yours sincerely,

Sonia Kruger
krugersonia@yahoo.com

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